Citrullination Alters the Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Activities of the Human Cathelicidin LL-37 During Rhinovirus Infection
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Casanova, V., Sousa, F. H., Shakamuri, P., Svoboda, P., Buch, C., D'Acremont, M., …Barlow, P. G. (2020)
Citrullination Alters the Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Activities of the Human Cathelicidin LL-37 During Rhinovirus Infection. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00085
Human rhinoviruses (HRV) are the most common cause of viral respiratory tract infections. While normally mild and self-limiting in healthy adults, HRV infections are associate...
Peptide Combinatorial Libraries Identify TSC2 as a Death-associated Protein Kinase (DAPK) Death Domain-binding Protein and Reveal a Stimulatory Role for DAPK in mTORC1 Signaling
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Stevens, C., Lin, Y., Harrison, B., Burch, L., Ridgway, R. A., Sansom, O. J., & Hupp, T. R. (2009)
Peptide Combinatorial Libraries Identify TSC2 as a Death-associated Protein Kinase (DAPK) Death Domain-binding Protein and Reveal a Stimulatory Role for DAPK in mTORC1 Signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, 334-344. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M805165200
Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) is a multidomain enzyme that plays a central role in autophagic and apoptotic signaling, although the protein-protein interactions regul...
Identification of a dominant negative functional domain on DAPK-1 that degrades DAPK-1 protein and stimulates TNFR-1-mediated apoptosis.
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Lin, Y., Stevens, C., & Hupp, T. (2007)
Identification of a dominant negative functional domain on DAPK-1 that degrades DAPK-1 protein and stimulates TNFR-1-mediated apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(23), 16792-16802. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M611559200
DAPK-1 is a stress-activated tumor suppressor protein that plays a role in both proapoptotic or antiapoptotic signal transduction pathways. To define mechanisms of DAPK-1 prot...
Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo
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Mathur, S., Turnbull, A., Akaev, I., Stevens, C., Agrawal, N., Chopra, M., & Mincher, D. (2020)
Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 26, 1965-1980. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-019-09994-1
The lysosomal endoprotease legumain (asparaginyl endoprotease) has been proposed as a putative biomarker in prostate tumours, in which the enzyme is markedly overexpressed. Ov...
A Germ Line Mutation in the Death Domain of DAPK-1 Inactivates ERK-induced Apoptosis
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Stevens, C., Lin, Y., Sanchez, M., Amin, E., Copson, E., White, H., …Hupp, T. (2007)
A Germ Line Mutation in the Death Domain of DAPK-1 Inactivates ERK-induced Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(18), 13791-13803. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m605649200
p53 is activated genetically by a set of kinases that are components of the calcium calmodulin kinase superfamily, including CHK2, AMP kinase, and DAPK-1. In dissecting the me...
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)
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Klionsky, D. J., Kamal Abdel-Aziz, A., Abdelfatah, S., Abdellatif, M., Abdoli, A., Abel, S., …et al., . (2021)
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition). Autophagy, 17(1), 1-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have e...
Azathioprine Has a Deleterious Effect on the Bone Health of Mice with DSS-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Morgan, S., Hooper, K. M., Milne, E. M., Farquharson, C., Stevens, C., & Staines, K. A. (2019)
Azathioprine Has a Deleterious Effect on the Bone Health of Mice with DSS-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(23), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20236085
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often present poor bone health and are 40% more at risk of bone fracture. Studies have implicated autophagy in IBD pathology and...
The emerging role of E2F-1 in the DNA damage response and checkpoint control.
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Stevens, C., & La Thangue, N. B. (2004)
The emerging role of E2F-1 in the DNA damage response and checkpoint control. DNA Repair, 3(8-9), 1071-1079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.03.034
Genotoxic stress triggers a myriad of cellular responses including cell cycle arrest, stimulation of {DNA} repair and apoptosis. A central role for the E2F-1 transcription fac...
Death‐associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: blebbing in programmed cell death.
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Bovellan, M., Fritzsche, M., Stevens, C., & Charras, G. (2009)
Death‐associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: blebbing in programmed cell death. FEBS Journal, 277(1), (58-65). ISSN 1742-464X
Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) is a stress-regulated protein kinase that mediates a range of processes, including signal-induced cell death and autophagy. Although the...
A New Role for E2F-1 in Checkpoint Control
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Stevens, C., & Thangue, N. B. L. (2003)
A New Role for E2F-1 in Checkpoint Control. Cell Cycle, 2(5), 434-436. https://doi.org/10.4161/cc.2.5.462
In response to DNA damage, E2F-1 is induced and phosphorylated. Phosphorylated E2F-1 can reside in discrete nuclear structures and induce apoptosis, suggesting a unique role f...